释义 |
book verb- to study US
- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 86, 1968
- to realise; to see and understand UK
- [T]he man immediately booked who they [detectives] were. — G.F. Newman, Sir, You Bastard, 1970
- to assume something UK
- They’ve got Roy booked as the Mister Big[.] — J.J. Connolly, Know Your Enemy [britpulp], p. 159, 1999
- to depart, usually hurriedly US, 1974
- Belly sprang to her feet. “We gotta book–fast.” — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 66, 1990
- Marsellus: Whatch got? English Dave: He booked. — Pulp Fiction, 1994
- We gotta book it if we’re going ot make it to P.E. — Clueless, 1995
- We gotta book. We’re catching a bus to Chi-town. — Chasing Amy, 1997
- Hey, sorry, but we gotta book. You coming? — 200 Cigarettes, 1999
▶ book a party of two to arrange for oral sex to be performed on two male prisoners US- — James Harris, A Convict’s Dictionary, 1989
▶ book the action to accept a bet US- If a player puts down a roll of dimes, you book the action. — Lee Solkey, Dummy Up and Deal, p. 108, 1980
▶ book your seat to pad the seat of your trousers with newspaper or a book before going to be caned UK, 1961 Schoolboy usage, post World War 2 until the 1970s when corporal punishment was outlawed. |